Busted! The NFL has had the Rice video since April.

I speculated yesterday that the NFL were given a heads up a couple of weeks ago that the video was going to be leaked. That is why Goddell got out in
front of the story and announced the league-wide domestic abuse policy.

Well, what do you know.....he lied. I don't think he survives this.

A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive five months ago, while league executives
have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice
expresses thanks and says: "You're right. It's terrible."

The law enforcement official, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, says he had no further communication
with any NFL employee and can't confirm anyone watched the video. The person said they were unauthorized to release the video but shared it
unsolicited, because they wanted the NFL to have it before deciding on Rice's punishment.

Niners DT Ray Macdonald is facing the same charges. Asked straight out if he was convicted would he remain with the team..."Absolutely not." The
league isn't screwing around with this issue.

Macdonald has an active accuser pressing battery. Rice made a pretrial deal that could get his charges completely dismissed as his wife refused
charges. That is the only real difference in the two cases from my observation.

Her 'attacks' consist of here putting her hand in his face, may have been a slap, after he spits on her outside the elevator and then when he does
it again inside the elevator, she gets hit again and then makes a step to him and gets clocked...
He was wrong, you don't knock a woman out when you can clearly take care of it without doing so.
I guess some people do look at things differently, regardless of color.

And I think the NFL will be able to spin this away, he admits he was not authorized to send this when he did.
I bet they can claim that they did not watch it, if they admit they had it, due to legal issues or 'respecting the ongoing investigation'

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